Apparatus for distributing water.



Patented Jul l0 I900. J. T. LACKEY. y

APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING WATER.

(Application filed Nov. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. LAOKEY, on GOSPORT, IOWA.

APPARATUS- FOR DISTRIBUTING WATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,352, dated July 10,1900. Application filed November 27, 1899. Serial No. 738 ,493.illomodel.)

To a, whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. LAoKEv,a citizen of the United States,residing at Gosport, in the county of Marion, State of Iowa,haveinvented a new and useful Apparatus for Distributing Water, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple, strong,durable,andinexpensive means in the nature of an attachment to be applied to anyordinary pump in which the pump-cylinder is submerged and whereby anoperation of the pump will force water upwardly through a siphonconnected with the well-tube to thereby start an automatic flow of waterthrough the siphon and at the same time to permit water to flow upwardlythrough the well-tube of the pump and to permit the said automatic flowthrough the siphon to continue after the operation of pumping has ceasedwithout the necessity of stopping the passage of air downwardly throughthe well-tube, and, further in this connection, to provide automaticmeans whereby the flow of water through the siphon maybe stopped when are ceiving-tank is filledand again automatically started when thewater-level in the said tank is lowered.

My invention consists, essentially, in the construction, arrangement,and combination, with an ordinary pump of the class having a submergedcylinder, of the siphon to be attached to the well-tube above thecylinder and beneath the water-level and to then pass upwardly andfinally downwardly to a point of discharge at or below the waterlevel,whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fullyset forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which a sectional view of a well is shown with my apparatusconnected therewith, parts of which are also in section.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, I have used the reference-numeral10 to indicate the well, and 11 a well-tube therein, supported on aplatform 12 above the well and hav ing at its top a stuffing-box 13, apump-handle 14:, a spout 15, and a gate-valve 16 therein. At the lowerend of the well-tube, beneath the water-line in the well, is apump-cylinder 17, of ordinary construction, having a valve 18 at itsbottom, a strainer below the valve, and a plunger-valve 20, connectedwith a rod 21, which is attached to the handle 14. The said parts allperform the usual functions, and it is believed that their operationwill be readily understood.

On the well-tube 11, a short distance above the cylinder 17 and beneaththe water-line in the well, is a T-coupling 22, and a pipe 23 isattached thereto. This pipe 23 is divided into the branches 2i at itstop, and obviously it may lead into any number of pipes 24: that may befound desirable. Each of the branches 24 is run underground to a pointany suitable distance from the well and below the waterlevel in the welland enters a tank 25. In this tank 25 is an ordinary float-valve 26, soarranged as to out off the flow of water through the pipe 24 when thewater reaches a point near the top of the tank. There is of course atank 25 for each of the branches 24.

In practical use and assuming that the parts were arranged and combinedas shown in the accompanying drawing and assuming, further, that thetanks are empty it is obvious that upon an operation of the pump waterwill be forced upwardly through the welltube and through thesiphon-pipes until the tanks are filled. At the same time a current ofwater may flow upwardly through the welltube and out of the pump-spout.As soon, however, as the tanks are filled the automatic cut-offs in thetanks will prevent a further flow through the siphon-pipes, and all ofthe water will flow upwardly through the welltube. When the operation ofpumping is discontinued, an automatic flow of water will be maintainedthrough the siphon-pipes, and

because the siphon-pipe is connected with the well-tube below thewater-level of the well the air in the well-tube cannot operate to breakthe siphon, as would be the case if the pumpspout were left open and thesiphon and pipes connected with the well-tube above the waterlevel. Itis obvious, further, that the same advantageous result could not beobtained if the siphon-pipes were connected with the welltube below thepump-cylinder, for in that case water could not be forced pwardlythrough the siphon-pipes to a height above that at which a column ofwater may be maintained by the air-pressure on the water in the wel1thatis to say, it could not be forced up- I point of discharge below thewater-level, and

wardly through the siphon-pipes. The advantage of this feature will beapparent when it is taken into consideration that it is frequentlynecessary in devices of this class to siphon water from one well toanother where a hill intervenes between the wells.

I claim as my invention- An attachment for pum ps,of thesubmergedcylinder type, comprising a siphon-pipe arranged above thewater-level and leading to a a branch pipe communicating with saidsiphon-pipe and also communicating with the Well-tube of the pump at apoint below the water-level and above the submerged pump:

cylinder, for the purposes stated:

JAMES T. LAOKEY.

Witnesses:

S. P. LACKEY, S. L. LACKEY.

